Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-10-20
Sales "a, 400 bales
GEHERAL sfARKETS
nrnouoa and Provix,orE

! ST. LOUIS, Mo Oct. I9.-FIOar-Market waf
quiet, dun, Dut firm, FAMILY 81 55a2 IS; choice
| s. 9O03; fancy 50 1908 30; pa ent So 75G4.
Wueas-dar firm, cables strengthened the
| prices at the opening, but the market was dry
until late, when the prices adva ced and the
close was 2s0hc above the quotations Of yes
terday; No. red Caah sold at I0Sc
Ociob, r 7055 fiat; NovemDeE ssles 115, closing
! nominally, at 7i}sc; December 724 a 73c, closing
at 727$ bid; Nav 790795se, cloais az
| 79K0795sc. Corn-The market was firm
and May options were 4o higher; cash
| 1875 "a 4lc; DC obef 40t ma; soVembsr $3.50
ma; year 571zc;iMaY 401@He. Oats-Market
242Sc; May 2o5sc bid. Cornmeal strong
at 81 %; Whisky steady ct 81 Go. Pro
visions-Pork and lard slow and unchanged,
Dry salt 70 eats ana bacon lower lob lots ir-
regular pork Sl4 90; standard mess Sl4 so
Lard salable al sc 20 Dry sslt meats 30 60
shoulder on or ers, S. so; long clears ST 25
Boxed suou ders Sc 90; long cIears 81 75GS
shortribs s. 750S I2a; short Clears IS 25nS g
Hams $ll LOGl400
CHICAGO, ILL, Oct. 19.--The markets on
'chanx to- day haa little to break the monoto-
ny which has marked them of late. The provl
sions flurrt of yesterday, caused by the arrival
of 3d. porkers at the yards, wasoH to. day, as
ABOUT zS,0 GOO less by several thousand than was
estimated to arrive for the day. The grain
markets !arted firm and at better prices for
wheat ana cora. Cables were steady and I'M
changed and the amount of wheat and corn
on ocean lassage show dscioed decrease !;
clearances were again so small as to be dis.
couraging; speculative trading in wheat wac
again H. hit most Of the session, but fee ing
SO u ed to exist which later developed, anu
prices took an upward turn; no special reason
was give for the strength, except that offer
ings were light and when prices 8. arted up the
shorts began 10 sovI some some on1lds
in thirty minutes just before the close than
during the balance of the session; receipts
continued about as ~large ss heretofore, ana
shipments were sht, excepting from Duluth,
where shipments were PSI GOO bushels; market
opened shane frmer III an yestErday's ciose ,and
advanced 5sEO2Sc, closin about q higher than
yesterda), Corn was traded in ilOverly mOder
ate, and fuctu tiuns were within limited
range, the feeling was hrmer and due mainly 10
free buying Of more deferred deliveries by
promil emit local o. ratOrs. 1he market oDene .
4 shade weaker than " sterday's closing prizes,
advanced &c, ruled quiet and closed ;s axe
higher than yesterday. the demand for Uetter
grades was fair with offerings freer; ve9s /
room being scarce a. q lake freights firm haV
Ing a tendency to increase offerings, especially
for seller for the month; toward the close the
m 7rket ruled frmer in sympathy with the ad
vance in whSat, Ma option closing at 81 So
Provlsions-Jradins was disappointlngly FL " !;
yeste day activity LED TO the general BELIEF
that the dull period had terminated, AID that
from this time forward active markets NIL hit
ba xpected. Hence when business, after
brief spurt in the morning, fell into its old
slow mi, traders promptly changen their
tactics, and hesitating fee log assumed con
troll. Produce was strongly held, and as COM
pared with last nights closing. January pork
was aGvan ed BE- November ana December
lard, IA wei as October and January sh ,rt
ribs PIC. October aud January lara ruled
strong though auotably higher. January, the
leading futurP, sold a. Sl2 C21S9i2 0I5z for
pork; Sc l2Hd6 liz Tor lard, and Sc O.1z
pork closed at $l2 80, lard at Sc 10. short ribs
ut S6 10. The leading futures closed as follows:
Wheat-October 7l7sci November 71z<c; De-
cembsr 731sc; May 1Skc. Oorn-OcIober Ale;
November 4I14c December 4l4c; May 45c.
Mess pork-Year SI2 % Lard October Sc 171S;
November S. 10: January Sc Is; May So As.
Short ribs October 81 OH; January So 40.
Cash quotations were Flour-Firmly held ana
offerings only moderate, prices unchanged; No
spring VIII at 1899; No. surlng wheat 65c;
No corn 407sc; mes pork SIS ,0013 Is; lard
SIS 25; snort Abs, sides loose, 81 ~; dry salteo